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Mon, 12/05/2022
ME student speaks at STEM-OPS conference
ME student Raymond Haug spoke at a STEM Opportunities in Prison Settings (STEM-OPS) conference.
![Three UW students and Jeopardy's co-hosts](https://www.me.washington.edu/sites/me/files/styles/large/public/media/images/2022/11/UW-College-Bowl-Shruthika-Kandukuri.jpg?itok=rnQMvW25)
Mon, 11/14/2022
ME undergrad competes on ‘College Bowl’
Shruthika Kandukuri shares her recent experiences on the television game show.
![Collage of three researchers' headshots](https://www.me.washington.edu/sites/me/files/styles/large/public/media/images/2022/11/3D-pathology-researchers.jpg?itok=_GL7tBnT)
Wed, 11/09/2022
Shining a light on 3D pathology researchers
Meet three former researchers from the Molecular Biophotonics Laboratory, led by ME Professor Jonathan Liu, who are bringing their skills to unique fields.
![prostate biopsy 3D dataset](https://www.me.washington.edu/sites/me/files/styles/large/public/media/images/2022/10/prostate-biopsy-3D-dataset-thumb.jpg?itok=9l2fgzlA)
Mon, 10/31/2022
Accelerating 3D imaging
This year, the Molecular Biophotonics Lab is scaling up its prostate cancer research to include collaborations with other universities.
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Fri, 10/21/2022 | UW Engineering Innovation in Health
Fall 2022 EIH projects announced
The EIH program announced 14 new health innovation projects for fall 2022.
![Bee on white flowers carrying a sensor attached](https://www.me.washington.edu/sites/me/files/styles/large/public/media/images/2022/10/sensors-on-insects.jpg?itok=obfn4Gwe)
Thu, 10/20/2022 | Springer Nature
Insects offer inspiration for robot advances
Assistant Professor Sawyer Fuller is featured in a story about how insects give researchers inspiration for micro-robot advances.
![Igor Novosselov headshot](https://www.me.washington.edu/sites/me/files/styles/large/public/media/images/2022/10/Igor-Novosselov-headshot.jpg?itok=D_wJMsrF)
Mon, 10/17/2022 | OPB News
Researchers find new way to destroy forever chemicals
ME Research Associate Professor Igor Novosselov shares how the reactor works and the implications it can have for the future.
![Two students with masks welding in a lab](https://www.me.washington.edu/sites/me/files/styles/large/public/media/images/2022/10/Students-win-big-thumb.jpg?itok=g7AsDyq6)
Mon, 10/17/2022
Student clubs win big
Student clubs involving ME students recently won awards at in-person competitions.
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Thu, 09/22/2022
Planning for the next generation of composites
A meeting for the planned Center for Data-driven High-rate Composites Manufacturing brought together UW researchers and industry representatives to discuss the future of composites manufacturing.
![Metal objects on a table. There are two tubes and also two other hexagonal shapes.](https://www.me.washington.edu/sites/me/files/styles/large/public/media/images/2022/09/forever-chemicals-reactors.jpg?itok=5n-zR2Lk)
Mon, 09/19/2022 | UW News
ME researchers develop a reactor that can destroy ‘forever chemicals’
Researchers created a reactor that can completely break down hard-to-destroy chemicals using “supercritical water."
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Thu, 09/15/2022 | UW NanoES
A new framework for manufacturing next-gen materials
ME alum Elizabeth Rasmussen, Research Associate Professor Igor Novosselov and Professor John Kramlich have developed a new method to quickly, cheaply and sustainably synthesize metal-organic frameworks.
![3D printed robotic gripper holding a mustard bottle](https://www.me.washington.edu/sites/me/files/styles/large/public/media/images/2022/09/assembly-line-robots.jpg?itok=lqB7IWZX)
Wed, 09/07/2022 | OPB News
UW researchers give assembly line robots a helping hand
UW researchers, including ME Assistant Professor Jeffrey Lipton, developed a new way to design and 3D print robotic grippers customized to pick up an array of different shaped objects.
![Man walking on a treadmill wearing an exoskeleton device](https://www.me.washington.edu/sites/me/files/styles/large/public/media/images/2022/09/exoskeleton-device-alyssa-spomer-thumb.jpg?itok=sykjiEWM)
Tue, 09/06/2022
Taking steps toward supporting mobility in cerebral palsy
Ph.D. student Alyssa Spomer is exploring how a robotic exoskeleton device paired with real-time feedback can enhance rehabilitation therapy for children with cerebral palsy.
![Two rendering illustrations of a small movement tracking device](https://www.me.washington.edu/sites/me/files/styles/large/public/media/images/2022/08/body-and-eye-tracker-3D-renderings-thumb.jpg?itok=Vo9uLvSD)
Mon, 08/29/2022
Light, efficient sensors recognize body and eye movement
UW ME researchers are creating sensors that can better detect human movement and can be used with a new wearable eye tracker.
![Ayokunle Olanrewaju headshot](https://www.me.washington.edu/sites/me/files/styles/large/public/media/images/2022/08/Ayokunle-Olanrewaju-ME.jpg?itok=PJSOhj-o)
Fri, 08/19/2022 | UW Bioengineering
Meet the researcher: Ayokunle Olanrewaju
The ME and BioE assistant professor shares how his research addresses medical challenges in treating infectious and chronic diseases, what attracted him to UW, and more.
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Mon, 08/15/2022
ME faculty receive UW + Amazon Science Hub awards
Xu Chen and Jeffrey Lipton will advance AI and robotics research with new grants.
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Mon, 08/15/2022 | UW WE-REACH
Creating a medical tape for young patients
A team including ME Research Professor Eric Seibel, ME Affiliate Assistant Professor Len Nelson and ME graduate student Shawn Swanson have developed a medical tape that becomes "unsticky" when time for removal.
![Close up of hands with purple gloves holding a small and stretchable generator that converts body heat to electricity.](https://www.me.washington.edu/sites/me/files/styles/large/public/media/images/2022/08/Wearable-electronics-thumb.jpg?itok=Tg_qdt68)
Mon, 08/08/2022
Harvesting thermal energy to power wearable electronics
UW researchers, led by ME Assistant Professor Mohammad Malakooti, have developed a wearable, stretchable thermoelectric device that converts body heat to electricity.
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Mon, 08/01/2022 | UW Bioengineering
UW develops first successful auto-adjusting prosthetic socket
Researchers, including ME Professor Joseph Garbini, have developed the first auto-adjusting prosthetic socket.
![22 objects on a table top. Objects include white 3D printed shapes and also random household items such as a drill, a mustard container, a bowl and a tennis ball](https://www.me.washington.edu/sites/me/files/styles/large/public/media/images/2022/07/assembly-line-robots.jpg?itok=f2LPlHQk)
Fri, 07/29/2022 | UW News
3D printed gripper
A UW team, including ME Assistant Professor Jeffrey Lipton, has created a tool that can design a 3D-printable passive gripper and calculate the best path to pick up an object.
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Fri, 07/29/2022
How do microplastics behave at the ocean surface?
Postdoctoral researcher Luci Baker and Assistant Professor Michelle DiBenedetto are using fluid mechanics to research microplastics in the ocean.
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Mon, 07/25/2022
Meet Corey Clay
ME’s new Diversity Equity and Inclusion Officer shares the experiences that led him to DEI work and efforts underway to increase representation in the department.
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Thu, 07/14/2022 | GeekWire
UW spinout aims to eliminate ‘forever chemicals’
GeekWire profiled Aquagga, a startup – co-founded by ME Ph.D. graduate Brian Pinkard – developing technology to break down and destroy PFAS or “forever chemicals.”
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Wed, 07/13/2022 | UW Institute for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine
Effort to improve stroke risk assessment
A five-year, $2.9 million grant from NHLBI will allow researchers, including ME Professor Juan Carlos del Álamo, to study the complex factors that lead to strokes.
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Wed, 07/13/2022 | UW Population Health Initiative
Researchers receive chronic disease pilot grants
Researchers including ME Assistant Professor Mohammad Malakooti received a pilot grant to develop wearable sweat sensors for smartphone-enabled diabetes monitoring.